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...attacker intended to sabotage efforts by Israeli and Palestinian officials to resolve disagreements about the control of Hebron. We have faith that this most recent terrorist act will not delay conclusion of these negotiations. And we hope and pray that Israelis and Palestinians will build on these agreements and make the dream of peace a reality, speedily and in our time. --David Andorsky '97, chair, Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel; Adam Kleinbaum '98, chair-elect, Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel; Yuval Segal '97, co-chair, Harvard Students for Israel
Before the first Simpson trial, I thought race was the major problem in the U.S. Now I realize what it really is: the biggest excuse. I pray that Simpson is forced to answer for his actions in the civil trial and that he can't hide behind tricky lawyers, his charm (now greatly diminished) and the "race card." JOHN SMART Los Angeles...
...century A.D., when the scrolls were turned into primitive books called codices. Forced for the first time to assign to the Holy Story a beginning, middle and end, Christian and Hebrew scholars took different paths--creating a schism that endures to this day. For example, Jews pray from a Bible (known as the Tanach) that places the prophecies right after the book of Deuteronomy; Christians don't encounter the prophets until the very end of the Good Book...
...fact, if our fellow citizens chose, they can do what they did when many of them disapproved of interracial and interfaith marriages. They can sit at home, loudly condemn us, pray for us and express their disgust. But let us be very clear, their beliefs and disapproval are not grounds to commit a grave injustice to millions of their fellow citizens. Gay and lesbian Americans should be accorded the same rights as other Americans...no more, but certainly no less...
...recommendations, it will have to answer to the courts. Says Max Berger, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers: "The independent task force we have created will not only have the power to eradicate institutional discrimination at Texaco but also provide a model for corporate America to follow. We should all pray for its success...